Chapter 2 Vocab Part 2

Question 1

big compound that is made up of combinations of many monomers

Answer 1

Polymer

Question 2

compound that is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, and has energy for human bodies

Answer 2

Carbohydrates

Question 3

sugar molecule that is single

Answer 3

Monosaccharide

Question 4

big macromolecule made from monosaccharides

Answer 4

Polysaccharide

Question 5

macromolecule; consisting mainly of carbon and hydrogen atoms, and includes fats, oils and waxes

Answer 5

Lipids

Question 6

macromolecule that holds hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorous

Answer 6

Nucleic acid

Question 7

monomer of nucleic acids, made up of 5-carbon sugar, nitrogenous base and phosphate group

Answer 7

Nucleotide

Question 8

contains sugar ribose, and is a single stranded nucleic acid

Answer 8

Ribonucleic acid

Rna

Question 9

a nucleic acid which holds the sugar deoxyribose

Answer 9

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Dna

Question 10

macromolecule; consists of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen; body needs __________to grow and repair, and also to make up enzymes

Answer 10

Protein

Question 11

compound, has an amino group(-NH2) located at one end, and a carboxyl group(-COOH) located at the other end

Answer 11

Amino acids

Question 12

a set of chemicals will change into another set of chemicals

Answer 12

Chemical reaction

Question 13

element of compound that goes into the chemical reaction

Answer 13

Reactant

Question 14

produced by a chemical reaction, can be an element or compound

Answer 14

Product

Question 15

the energy that is needed to start a reaction

Answer 15

Activation energy

Question 16

substance that makes the chemical reaction go faster

Answer 16

Catalyst

Question 17

protein; acts as a biological catalyst

Answer 17

Enzyme

Question 18

reactant that is part of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction

Answer 18

Substrate

Question 19

small unit that can form polymers by joining together with other small units

Answer 19

Monomer